Elaine Brooks

Professor Brooks has been administrative deputy chairperson for undergraduate programs, Department of English, since 2003. She has served as deputy for the English-as-a-Second-Language Program, English Department, 2002-03, and in the Department of Educational Services, Brooklyn College, 1980-94.

Education:

Ph.D., New York University - 1985 (Linguistics)

Areas of Expertise:

Brooks' major interests include applied linguistics, second language acquisition, composition and teacher education. She has written on "Evaluating ESL Writing," Making Peace: A Reading/Writing/Thinking/Text on Global Community, Into the Academic Mainstream: Guidelines for Teaching Language Minority Students, "Academic Advisement of ESL Students in Six Senior Colleges of CUNY," and "Case Studies of the Composing Processes of Five 'Unskilled' ESL College Writers."

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

During spring'16 and spring'17 Professor Brooks has been on fellowship leave in an effort to document changes during the past twenty five years within CUNY, specifically in relation to its ESL population and the academic advisement and support available, both before and after students take "mainstream courses," to ensure retention. (Grants and Fellowships) 2016

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Professor Brooks organized a panel on "CUNY ESL Revisited: What Remains, What Has Changed, and What Will Be?" for the conference on "The Professoriat at the Global University" to be held at Hunter College/CUNY on 4/1/17; in addition, she has submitted a proposal for a panel at the NYS TESOL conference re CUNY's Mission: A College Degree for Everyone or Transfer Pipeline to Academic Excellence to be held at the Hilton LI/Huntington, Melville, NY on 11/3-4/17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017

Community Activities

Professor Brooks has once again become an active representative of Brooklyn College for the CUNY ESL Discipline Council. 2016